September 25, 2016

(Paul Mirengoff) It will be a cold day in hell before I root for the New York Giants to beat the Washington Redskins (or any other team not named the Cowboys). But after today's game between New York and Washington (won, somehow, by the Redskins), I have a strange new respect for the football Giants. Why? Because every member of the team stood with respect during the playing of our National Anthem.

Investigators scrambled to piece together a motive in a fatal shooting spree at a Washington mall Friday but would not rule out terrorism after a nearly 24-hour manhunt ended with a Turkish immigrant, who seemed to be in a "zombielike" state, surrendering to police.

Let's settle this, once and for all: Clickbaiting is the intentional act of over-promising or otherwise misrepresenting — in a headline, on social media, in an image, or some combination — what you're going to find when you read a story on the web. Currently, clickbait is often characterized by wording like, "You won't believe" or "What… Read More

Hillary Clinton emphasized her support for the new U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding on military aid and pledged to strengthen the two nations' defense, intelligence relationship, according to statement from senior campaign aide on Clinton's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in N.Y.

Having read the European Commission's original ruling, some prior rulings, the Treasury's white paper about the European Commission's actions and a lot of analysis in the tax community, in my opinion, the EC is over-reaching in their decision on Apple. Read More

(Steven Hayward) I'm a certified New England Patriots hater. Don't even get me started. But you do have to tip your hat to them when they deserve it. Their 3 – 0 start without pretty boy quarterback Tom Brady is a remarkable feat of coaching by the worst-dressed coach in all of pro sports, Bill Belichick. But something else Belichick is doing is a terrific example of the law of unintended consequences

Fresh from raising $275 million this August at around a $1 billion valuation, Deliveroo is now taking the next step in its bid to corner the market in Europe and other markets for high-end, high-concept restaurant food delivery; and turn the Deliveroo business profitable in the process. The startup is launching a new service catering specifically for the corporate market, Deliveroo for… Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the campaign said, marking a potential dramatic shift in U.S. policy on the issue.

PITTSBURGH — Retired electrician Dave Estadt, a registered Democrat who lives in the suburbs of this solidly Democratic city, said he grew more certain in recent days about voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — but he is not there yet.

The coffee wars of San Francisco are back on! We're now hearing from sources that Blue Bottle is raising a big round of financing a little more than a year after it raised a whopping $75 million. We don't know the exact amount, but given the immense (and at times odd) interest in coffee from investors in Silicon Valley, it wouldn't be surprising if it would be approaching… Read More

U.S. Special Operations Command has privately pressed the staff of the nation's highest ranking military officer to include in his upcoming National Military Strategy a discussion of the Sunni Muslim ideology underpinning the brutality of the Islamic State group and al Qaeda.

Unless you plan on bumping into stuff, don't expect to record after-dark concerts and parties on your Snap Inc Spectacles. The company formerly known as Snapchat (they really should have just changed it to the emoji, Prince-style) confirms to me its new camera glasses are not currently built to be worn at night. Their lenses are like normal sunglasses, so it'd be too shady to… Read More

(Steven Hayward) Paul helpfully noted here Friday the Josh Barro article about why the economic recovery under Obama has been the weakest on record. (Shorter Barro" "It's the Obama, stupid!") The good folks at The Daily Shot offer some interesting charts that help visualize the story. Usually after a recession the housing sector contributes significantly to an economic rebound. This did not happen after the crash of '08, and as you can

Sen. Ted Cruz's decision to support Donald Trump after months of holding out is dividing even members of his former campaign team, with some observers pointing to his 2018 re-election race and a possible 2020 presidential bid as underlying factors.

Work/life balance in startup culture is total BS. And you are probably part of the problem. Until you say "enough" — and fight back, stand up and resist — you're perpetuating a culture of burnout in which no one wins. Read More

Amid ongoing riots in Charlotte over the fatal police shooting of a black man, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton wore a shirt quoting Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday as he warmed up to face the Minnesota Vikings. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," the back of Newton's shirt read. The quote is […]

Donald Trump "discussed at length Israel's successful experience with a security fence that helped secure its borders" during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that lasted longer than an hour, according to a statement from the Republican presidential nominee's campaign.

Voter sentiment ahead of the first of three U.S. presidential debates underscores how the race remains a close call in some battleground states, as Americans decide between two candidates who are both viewed as "risky" and "scary."

(Steven Hayward) It's been a parlor game for a while to decide what apocalyptic scare environmental doom mongers would come up with once climate change settles down into a normal problem. I've been nominating the weakening of the polar magnetic fields, which would be a Really Bad Thing for life on the planet. Sooner or later some environmentalist will blame mankind's electrical grid for this potential calamity. (Think of the cell phone

As of June 22, 2016, there were 492 published patent families directed to the theme of blockchain and 192 relating to bitcoin. Patent applications filed over the last 18 months are not in these statistics, and it is expected that significant numbers of new applications connected to these themes have been filed in that period. The numbers we are seeing likely represent the tip of the iceberg. Read More